Feb 2019
Jim wanted to play a game for the 30th anniversary of the Gameboy. We’ll take it. We only had one submission for this amazing game.
Drink a Beer and Play a Game are two friends, Jim and Brian, who enjoy talking about games as much as they enjoy trying new beers.
YOKOI KIDS AUDIO THING EPISODE 12! All about Balloon Kid. Featuring fake children, Sarah Dunevant and music!
Rick V. is a Yokoi Kid and he draws comics, records podcasts and volunteers at a video store in Bloomington IN.
It’s come down to a couple of things. We didn’t have anybody in the cue to pick a game this month. Submissions have been trinkling in slowly. So we are going back to letting the boys in the Yokoi Kids Collective pick the games until we get a back stock of submitters to pick games. So I am picking the game for February and that game is BALLOON KID.
Which brings us to the other thing. This game is sometimes over $10 which breaks one of our standards at Yokoi Kids HQ! We the deciders, broke our own rule! I talked about it with Ian and Erik (Nolen has a life or something) and it was decided that it’s not like we are asking you to possible pay $15 for a crappy game.
Balloon Kid is the direct to Gameboy sequel to one of my faves – Balloon Fight! You play as Alice, a young kid who has to chase down her little brother who was drifted away by some beautiful balloons through eight stages. It’s cute, it’s challenging and it’s totally worth the $10-$15 you may pay for it. OR you can just download it on the 3DS shop for $3.
Buy it, borrow it or bootleg it. Just play it. And tell us what you think in whatever form you feel necessary! Love you, bye! -RV
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